Grand Rapids is one win away from the Western Conference Finals heading into this afternoon’s Game 5 in Rockford… The Griffins took a 3-1 series lead with a 2-1 overtime victory on Thursday night, snapping a six-game road losing streak in the postseason that dated back more than a year… Tyler Bertuzzi (5-3-8) scored 13 seconds into the extra period to give Game 4 to the Griffins, his second goal of the night and his third game-winner of the postseason… It was also the fourth-fastest OT winner in Calder Cup Playoff history… Bertuzzi’s five playoff goals have come on 14 shots (35.7 percent)… Andy Miele (2-8-10) and Mark Zengerle (0-7-7) both had two assists in Game 4… Tom McCollum (6-2, 2.64, .916) made 27 saves for his sixth win in his last seven decisions… Phillip Danault (3-2-5) scored for the IceHogs, his first point of the series… Michael Leighton (4-3, 2.43, .924) stopped 29 of 31 shots in the loss, allowing two goals or fewer for the fifth time in seven starts this postseason… Grand Rapids is 2-for-16 on the power play in the series (12.5 percent); Rockford is 1-for-11 (9.1 percent)… The Griffins are 11-12 all-time in the AHL with a chance to close out a series… The IceHogs have never won a game when facing elimination from the Calder Cup Playoffs (0-3).

Alumni WatchDominic Moore scored with 2:25 left in the third period to send the N.Y. Rangers to a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference final yesterday… Moore played two full seasons with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack, including a trip to the Calder Cup conference finals as a rookie in 2004… Ondrej Palat, a Calder Cup champion with Norfolk in 2012 and the AHL’s leading playoff scorer (7-19-26) with Syracuse in 2013, scored the only Lightning goal in Game 1.

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